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U.S. Must Work to Rebuild Ties With Turkey

If Russia pulls Turkey further into its sphere of influence, today’s crises will look like a picnic compared with what would take their place.

Aug. 31, 2016 4:15 p.m. ET

Sohrab Ahmari captures what’s at stake in “Keeping Turkey in the U.S. Orbit” (op-ed, Aug. 29) when he writes that “the relevant question for the American national interest is how to prevent this strategically crucial country from drifting further toward Russia’s orbit and away from the U.S.-led security order.”

While Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart in Turkey are mending fences, Western officials are waffling by allowing Russia to pull Turkey closer while openly questioning Turkey’s NATO membership just...